Re: Network install on SparcStation 1+ : update
"James Srinivasan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, I'm now trying to boot off linux-a.out via a symlink and tftp which gets > me a bit further. NFS on my boot machine seems to be broken, so once I've > fixed that hopefully it's done. Ok, if you want nfsroot as well, you need to boot like boot net ip=sparc1+ip nfsroot=server:/nfsrootfolder e.q. boot net ip=123.111.222.333 nfsroot=123.111.222.444:/tftpboot/sparc-debian-root Don't forget that before you configure the network, DNS is unavailable so you can only use ip addresses for network installs etc. HTH, Ragga
Re: Network install on SparcStation 1+ : update
>> I just installed potato on a 16Mb ELC (sun4c) and the tftpboot.img would >> load but I got a >> >> Watchdog reset >> Window underflow error >> >> and that was it. > > I didn't even get that > >> The NFS-ROOT install was successfull though. (but not painless) >> Problem is the machine does not get it's IP from rarp, you'll >> have to tell it to the sparc 1 by booting like >> boot net ip=xxx.yyy.zzz.www > I'll have to give that a go, but the documentation has a worrying "NOT > WRITTEN YET" disclaimer at the end of the instructions. OK, I'm now trying to boot off linux-a.out via a symlink and tftp which gets me a bit further. NFS on my boot machine seems to be broken, so once I've fixed that hopefully it's done. Thanks for all the responses, James
Re: Network install on SparcStation 1+
On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 00:42:02 +0900, Ragga Muffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Watchdog reset > Window underflow error i had the same problem with tftpboot.img on two IPXs. as those were quite dodgy (and the NVRAM battery might have started to fail), i attributed it to memory problems (and all the information a quick google search gave hinted in that direction). do any of the debian-sparc guru's have any idea of what's happening there? -- Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr | ignorami: n: The BOFH art of folding problem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | lusers into representational shapes. pgpqcpjJ6Z8WC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Network install on SparcStation 1+
> I see a bunch of tftp data packets and acknowledgements going between the
> machines. The last data packet is smaller than the rest, so I assume it's
> finished the file. After that, there's no network activity whatsoever.
> Having reviewed the install documentation I'm a bit confused - I know I need
> tftp, but do I need both rarp and bootp - the documentation ("Installing
> Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For SPARC",
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch-rescue-boot.en.html#s-install
> -tftp )says I need both in 6.5 line 1, but 6.5 line 2 implies one or the
> other.
You only need RARP to get the Sun load it's tftp image file; bootp is
probably needed to boot a diskless workstation...
ciao,
cm.
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Re: Network install on SparcStation 1+
>> I see a bunch of tftp data packets and acknowledgements going between the
>> machines. The last data packet is smaller than the rest, so I assume it's
>> finished the file. After that, there's no network activity whatsoever.
>> Having reviewed the install documentation I'm a bit confused - I know I
>> need tftp, but do I need both rarp and bootp - the documentation
>> ("Installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For SPARC",
>>
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch-rescue-boot.en.html#s-install
>> -tftp )says I need both in 6.5 line 1, but 6.5 line 2 implies one or the
>> other.
> Rarpd is enough.
Thanks for clarifying that
> How much memory does your machine have ?
16 Mb
> I just installed potato on a 16Mb ELC (sun4c) and the tftpboot.img would
> load but I got a
>
> Watchdog reset
> Window underflow error
>
> and that was it.
I didn't even get that
> The NFS-ROOT install was successfull though. (but not painless)
> Problem is the machine does not get it's IP from rarp, you'll
> have to tell it to the sparc 1 by booting like
> boot net ip=xxx.yyy.zzz.www
I'll have to give that a go, but the documentation has a worrying "NOT
WRITTEN YET" disclaimer at the end of the instructions.
Thanks,
James
Re: Network install on SparcStation 1+
"James Srinivasan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I see a bunch of tftp data packets and acknowledgements going between the
> machines. The last data packet is smaller than the rest, so I assume it's
> finished the file. After that, there's no network activity whatsoever.
> Having reviewed the install documentation I'm a bit confused - I know I need
> tftp, but do I need both rarp and bootp - the documentation ("Installing
> Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For SPARC",
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch-rescue-boot.en.html#s-install
> -tftp )says I need both in 6.5 line 1, but 6.5 line 2 implies one or the
> other.
Rarpd is enough.
How much memory does your machine have ?
I just installed potato on a 16Mb ELC (sun4c) and the tftpboot.img would
load but I got a
Watchdog reset
Window underflow error
and that was it.
The NFS-ROOT install was successfull though. (but not painless)
Problem is the machine does not get it's IP from rarp, you'll
have to tell it to the sparc 1 by booting like
boot net ip=xxx.yyy.zzz.www
HTH,
Luck,
Ragga
Re: Network install on SparcStation 1+
>> video signal entirely, if I use a serial terminal the counter stays at
>> 1e4600 (not quite the right file size) and there's no discernable network
>> traffic to/from the machine. Any ideas?
>
> I've seen instances where the tftp server was ARPing for the booting
> machine after transferring some of the image, and didn't get an
> answer; putting in a static ARP entry helped... run tcpdump when you
> netboot the box and look at what's happening.
I see a bunch of tftp data packets and acknowledgements going between the
machines. The last data packet is smaller than the rest, so I assume it's
finished the file. After that, there's no network activity whatsoever.
Having reviewed the install documentation I'm a bit confused - I know I need
tftp, but do I need both rarp and bootp - the documentation ("Installing
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For SPARC",
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch-rescue-boot.en.html#s-install
-tftp )says I need both in 6.5 line 1, but 6.5 line 2 implies one or the
other.
Thanks,
James
Re: Network install on SparcStation 1+
> video signal entirely, if I use a serial terminal the counter stays at > 1e4600 (not quite the right file size) and there's no discernable network > traffic to/from the machine. Any ideas? I've seen instances where the tftp server was ARPing for the booting machine after transferring some of the image, and didn't get an answer; putting in a static ARP entry helped... run tcpdump when you netboot the box and look at what's happening. HTH, cm. -- ** christian mock in vienna, austria -- http://www.tahina.priv.at/~cm/ Vielleicht ist es aber auch nur einfach Zeit, dem Wolfi wieder den root-Account wegzunehmen. Er ist noch zu klein dafuer. Ferdinand Goldmann in at.gesellschaft.politik pgpB69CzIR5NC.pgp Description: PGP signature
